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Human Resources Management
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Management
Undergraduate 3
09/20/2011

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TQM
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total quality management

 

 

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HRM
Definition
human resource management
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human capital
Definition
an organization's employees, described in terms of their training, experience, judgment, intelligence, relationships, and insight.
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high performance work system
Definition
an organization in which technology, organizational structure, people, and processes all work together to give an organization an advantage in the competitive environment.
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job analysis
Definition
the process of getting detailed information about jobs
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job design
Definition
the process of defining the way work will be performed and the tasks that a given job requires
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recruitment
Definition
the process through which the organization seeks applicants for potential employment
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selection
Definition
the process by which the organization attempts to identify applicants wit the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that will help the organization achieve its goals
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training
Definition
a planned effort to enable employees to learn job-related knowledge, skills, and behavior
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development
Definition
the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that improve an employee's ability to meet changes in job requirements and in customer demands
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performance management
Definition
the process of ensuring that employees' activiites and outputs match the organization's goals
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human resource planning
Definition
identifying the numbers and types of employees the organization will require to meet its objectives
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evidence-based HR
Definition
collecting and using data to show that human resource practices have a positive influence on the company's bottom line or key stakeholders
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corporate social responsibility
Definition
a company's commitment to meeting the needs of its stakeholders
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stakeholders
Definition
the parties with an interest in the company's success (typically, shareholders, the community, customers, and employees)
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work flow design
Definition
the process of analyzing the tasks necessary for the production of a product or service
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job
Definition
a set of related duties
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position
Definition
the set of duties (job) performed by a particular person
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industrial engineering
Definition
the study of jobs to find the simplest way to structure work in order to maximize efficiency
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job extenstion
Definition
enlarging jobs by combining several relatively simple jobs to form a job with a wider range of tasks
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job enrichment
Definition
empowering workers by adding more decison-making authority to jobs
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flextime
Definition
a scheduling policy in which full-time employees may choose starting and ending tiems within guidelines specified by the organization
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job sharing
Definition
a work option in which two part-tie employees carry out the tasks associated with a single job
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